Articles Tagged with ''workplace violence''

At least one person is dead and three others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a Texas courthouse Wednesday.

Jackson County, Michigan, is in the midst of a debate over whether or not to allow employees and contractors to carry pistols on county property, according to an article from M Live. 

Tennesee lawmakers and NRA lobbyists face off over a bill that would allow firearms to be stored in vehicles in public and private parking lots.

Two recent workplace violence incidents point to the need for security attention. The free iSecurity Virtual Show March 8 features a workplace violence prevention expert among many events and activities.

According to the new documentary "Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal," workplace violence stems not from one bad apple but rather a toxic workplace culture.

CAP Index Inc. president and COO, Jon D. Groussman, has called for a re-evaluation of how companies define, prevent and respond to workplace violence.

Workplace homicides "are not crimes of passion committed by disgruntled coworkers and spouses, but rather result from robberies." And the majority of workplace assaults are committed by healthcare patients, says a new report.

Keeping staff and patients safe while maintaining an open facility is just one of the challenges facing security teams in hospital and healthcare settings. Security and SDM find out more from both ends of the syringe: healthcare end users and integrators. Diane Ritchey, editor of Security, and Laura Stepanek, editor of SDM, recently spoke with end users and integrators in healthcare security about what drives this important market.